Just an addon tho. I wouldn't "clear the trusted domains" as kapersky advise, (basically delete all your trusted sites I guess ? I might be wrong). The most important in IE is to enable protected mode/enhanced protect mode for all internet zones and activex filtering too (gear button/ security on main menu). If you can browse without 3rd party plugins (java/flash/etc...) you should also disable it (options/advanced).
Put the few sites you really trust in safe sites (thinking of all the microsoft update sites if you still use IE for updating) and place Internet Zone in High. Regularly check Manage Add-ons (Gear button) and disable any superflous add-on (most are useless for regular browsingt) or restrict them to specific sites (say youtube) by clicking on the add-on then more details.

Just an addon tho. I wouldn't "clear the trusted domains" as kapersky advise, (basically delete all your trusted sites I guess ? I might be wrong). The most important in IE is to enable protected mode/enhanced protect mode for all internet zones and activex filtering too (gear button/ security on main menu). If you can browse without 3rd party plugins (java/flash/etc...) you should also disable it (options/advanced).
Put the few sites you really trust in safe sites (thinking of all the microsoft update sites if you still use IE for updating) and place Internet Zone in High. Regularly check Manage Add-ons (Gear button) and disable any superflous add-on (most are useless for regular browsingt) or restrict them to specific sites (say youtube) by clicking on the add-on then more details.

Should I just ignore the internet explorer stuff, since I only use firefox and opera browser?

I wouldn't, since IE is so deeply integrated in windows you should always secure it as much as you can, and also just in case some site doesn't work in any alternate browser.
I also use opera (old version before the chrome *******ization) and still keep ie with all zones on high and most plugins disabled.

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